Neill Blomkamp
Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Gran Turismo’ Movie Lands August 2023 Release in Theaters
Filmmaker Neill Blomkamp’s video game adaptation Gran Turismo will drive into theaters on Aug. 11, 2023, Sony and Playstation Productions announced Tuesday. No cast has yet been announced for the movie, which is based on PlayStation’s blockbuster racing simulation game. The preliminary logline for the film describes it as a wish fulfillment tale of a […]
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Neill Blomkamp on ‘Demonic’ and the “Stripped-Down,” “Bare Bones” ‘District 10’
It’s been 12 years since Neill Blomkamp made one of the splashiest feature film debuts ever by way of District 9. The South African-Canadian director’s sci-fi action film garnered four Academy Award nominations, including best picture, and made seven times its production budget at the box office, tallying $212 million. As a protege of Peter […]
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‘Demonic’: Film Review
Neill Blomkamp returns to features after a six-year break with this high-tech horror in which a woman enters the virtual mindscape of her comatose mother to investigate what pushed her over the edge.
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‘District 9’ Director Neill Blomkamp Joins Gunzilla Games as Chief Visionary Officer
Independent developer Gunzilla Games has tapped District 9 director and co-screenwriter Neill Blomkamp as chief visionary officer. Blomkamp will work with the company on an unannounced AAA multiplayer shooter title. In an exclusive interview with IGN on Tuesday, Blomkamp described his new position as “an egalitarian vision of being a film director,” in which he […]
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Neill Blomkamp Prepping Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Inferno,’ Taylor Kitsch to Star
'District 9' director Neill Blomkamp is preparing sci-fi thriller 'Inferno,' with Taylor Kitsch set to play a cop who encounters extraterrestrial activity in the New Mexico desert.
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Why ‘Robocop’ and Neill Blomkamp Need Each Other
What makes 'Robocop Returns' an exciting prospect is that it will be the first film that Blomkamp will not have written or co-written himself, allowing the director a freedom, and chance to further define his style outside of his own headspace.
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Clive Owen to Reprise Role as “The Driver” in BMW Films’ ‘The Escape’ (Exclusive)
Directed by Neill Blomkamp ('District 9,' 'Elysium'), the 11-minute short will co-star Dakota Fanning, Jon Bernthal and Vera Farmiga.
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‘Alien’: Michael Biehn Reveals What He Knows About Neill Blomkamp’s Sequel
"I know that every actress in Hollywood is going to want to play this one," the actor says of the lead female role in the movie.
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Neill Blomkamp Resurrects Classic ‘Aliens’ Prop for New Movie
Hicks is bringing back a personal friend for the in-development sequel.
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‘Hardcore Henry’: TIFF Review
Russian action czar Timur Bekmambetov throws his weight being this high-octane debut, a fast-paced first-person sci-fi thriller inspired by a music video.
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China Box Office: ‘Avengers’ Unseats ‘Furious 7’ as Hollywood’s Big Run Continues
The two movies have already racked up well over half a billion dollars between them in the world's second-biggest film market.
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